Other coastal residents found that perhaps the only thing worse than surveying damaged homes was not being allowed to return there.
But most coastal residents will not qualify for those grants.
Already feeling vulnerable to an angry sea, coastal residents this year face a battle on another front.
But many coastal residents were just grateful for what was left.
But fewer than 20 percent of the coastal residents in Mississippi bought it.
Hospitals set up emergency facilities in case of power failure, and some coastal residents left their homes.
The waters prevented the return of many coastal residents who had gone west to escape high winds.
However, many coastal residents are not willing to pay the price.
Few coastal residents want to see their towns walled off and surrounded by water.
Since first being proposed in 1991, the project has faced stiff resistance from coastal residents and businesses.